Social Anxiety Treatment in Beaufort, SC
Evaluation and treatment for a lasting fear of being judged or watched, starting from home, for adults in Beaufort and nearby Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and Walterboro by secure video.
Social Anxiety Treatment for Adults in Beaufort
Hope Behavioral Medicine provides social anxiety treatment for adults in Beaufort and across Beaufort County by secure video, with in-person visits at our West Ashley office in Charleston for anyone who prefers them; we accept Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice).
CDC PLACES has no measure of social anxiety disorder, so the closest local measures here are loneliness, the share of adults who say they feel lonely, and the share who report lacking social and emotional support.
Social Anxiety Treatment: What the Local Figures Show in Beaufort
Compared with Beaufort County as a whole, Beaufort has higher estimates for loneliness, lack of social and emotional support, frequent mental distress, depression, transportation barriers and fair or poor self-rated health.
Against the median of the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, Beaufort sits below it on loneliness, lack of social and emotional support, frequent mental distress, depression, transportation barriers and fair or poor self-rated health.
Beaufort has the third-lowest estimate for depression of the 34 communities on this site, and depression is one of the most treatable mental health conditions.
For loneliness, Beaufort ranks eighth-lowest among them.
Its estimate for lack of social and emotional support is the ninth-lowest of the group.
Among nearby communities on this site, the loneliness estimate for Beaufort sits above Bluffton and Hilton Head Island; below Walterboro.
An estimated 15.2 percent of households in Beaufort have no broadband subscription, the fourteenth-lowest share of the 34 communities on this site, and a video visit needs a steady connection on a phone, tablet or computer.
| Measure | Beaufort | Beaufort County |
|---|---|---|
| Adults who report feeling lonely | 29.5 percent | 26.4 percent |
| Adults who lack social and emotional support | 21.2 percent | 18.9 percent |
| Adults with 14 or more days of poor mental health in the past month | 16.2 percent | 13.1 percent |
| Adults ever told by a health professional they have depression | 19.7 percent | 18 percent |
| Adults who lacked reliable transportation in the past year | 9.2 percent | 6.2 percent |
| Adults who rate their own health as fair or poor | 16.6 percent | 15.2 percent |
Figures in this section come from CDC PLACES, 2025 release (model-based estimates from 2022 and 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data), with the American Community Survey, 2017 to 2021, via CDC for households without broadband; ranks compare the 34 South Carolina communities on this site.
Beaufort County Figures From County Health Rankings
In Beaufort County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts 16.7 percent of adults with frequent mental distress, about level with the statewide 16.7 percent, the fifth-lowest frequent mental distress figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Beaufort the eleventh-lowest frequent mental distress estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
| Measure | Beaufort County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Average poor mental health days adults reported in the past month | 4.9 days | 5.2 days |
| Adults with two weeks or more of poor mental health in the past month | 16.7 percent | 16.7 percent |
| Adults who usually sleep less than seven hours a night | 32.9 percent | 36.6 percent |
| Mental health providers, counted against residents | one for every 502 residents | one for every 437 residents |
| Working-age adults with no health insurance | 13 percent | 13.4 percent |
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps builds these county figures from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022 for the survey measures, the CMS National Provider Identification file, 2024 for provider counts and the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 2022 for insurance; ranks compare the South Carolina counties in this data.
Living and Working in Beaufort
The University of South Carolina Beaufort traces its history to Beaufort College, which the legislature approved in 1795; we see students 18 and older by secure video, around class schedules.
Nearly 2 million visitors a year come to Beaufort and the Sea Islands around it; hospitality workers with irregular hours can schedule video visits without a drive.
The City of Beaufort covers about 18 square miles and lies 70 miles south of Charleston and 45 miles north of Savannah.
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is in the city and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is about 4 miles south, so the military is one of the biggest parts of the local economy.
Created in 2017, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park has sites in Beaufort itself, on St. Helena Island and at Camp Saxton.
Campuses serving Beaufort include University of South Carolina Beaufort and Technical College of the Lowcountry.
Beaufort's economy centers on the military and tourism and hospitality.
Sources for these local facts: uscb.edu,stories.opengov.com,nps.gov.
Social Anxiety Treatment for College Students and Young Adults
Seminars, presentations and a new social scene can make social anxiety hard to ignore at college, and students 18 and older can start care from their room.
Cognitive behavioral therapy builds skills step by step for speaking up in class and meeting people, and medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient, can be part of the plan.
Social anxiety disorder is a lasting fear of being judged or watched that gets in the way of work, school or friendships, and for some people it shows up only when performing.
Request an appointment for social anxiety treatment, call (843) 737-0312, or read about social anxiety treatment by telehealth across South Carolina and in person at our West Ashley office.
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Not in Beaufort?
Adults anywhere in South Carolina, including Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and Walterboro, can see us by secure video, or you can browse every South Carolina community we serve
Social Anxiety Treatment in Beaufort: Questions
Yes: adults in Beaufort and the rest of Beaufort County can see Hope Behavioral Medicine by secure video, with in-person visits at our West Ashley office in Charleston for anyone who prefers them, and a video visit needs no ride; for comparison, Beaufort has the fifteenth-lowest estimate for transportation barriers of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: your first visit and your follow-up visits can happen by secure video from home, and cognitive behavioral therapy, including exposure work, can be paired with medication when indicated, decided jointly with the patient.
CDC PLACES puts it at 29.5 percent of adults in Beaufort, the eighth-lowest figure among the 34 South Carolina communities on this site, against 26.4 percent across Beaufort County.
In Beaufort County, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025, counts one mental health provider for every 502 residents, fewer providers for its population than the statewide one for every 437 residents, the ninth-lowest residents per mental health provider figure among the South Carolina counties in this data, while CDC PLACES gives Beaufort the ninth-lowest lack of social and emotional support estimate of the 34 communities on this site.
Yes: students 18 and older, including those at University of South Carolina Beaufort and Technical College of the Lowcountry, can be seen by secure video around their class schedules.
Hope Behavioral Medicine is not an emergency service: call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, at any hour, and in an emergency call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.